New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

Head injury horror AROHA’S ANCIENT REMEDY

Mean Mums actor Aroha Rawson’s lifepath forever changed after falling through a skylight, leaving her with a head injury and a broken back.

Then 27 years old, the terrifying near-death experience began a lifelong healing journey into rongoā (Māori healing).

“I had the whole out-of-body experience,” recalls Aroha of the 2002 accident. “I saw myself lying on the ground and had a light to my right. I couldn’t see him, but Dad, who died when I was nearly three, was there.

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